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-1 THE MOBXIXG OREGOX1AS, SATLKDAY, 31AKUH 7, 1UOS. RUEF TURNS OH THE PROSECUTION Makes 'Serious Charges Subornation of Perjury .Against Heney. ALLEGES UNDUE INFLUENCE Declares hi Testimony Was Ob tained Thronsh Mlsroprcscnta lion Tells of Efforts to Get Jlarrlman and S. I. Officials. ' KAN" FRANCISCO. March . Tomor row morning: at 10 o'clock Abraham (turf. will. Uirousli Ills attorney. Henry Ach, Frank .1. Murphy and M. C. Chapman, present to Judge Dunne a motion to allow him to withdraw li Is plea of guilty entered on May 15, and ubstitute a plea of not fruilty in the case brousrlit on indictment No. 305, one of the French restaurant extortion cases. To support his motion Ruef will file affidavits of a sensational na ture, the substance of which was given out tonight. In filing the motion Ruef slates that the plea of guilty was improperly and InarivLsedly tendered and that the de fendant is not guilty of the offense charged, and that Ire was induced to enter the plea of gTillty by virtue of an agreement and understanding with the District Attorney, William H. Langdon. the Assistant District At torney, Francis J. Heney. the special agnt of the District Attorney. William J. Burns, and the financial backer of the. District Attorney in this prosecu tion, Rudolph Spreckels. and because of the agreement and understanding of the judge presiding in this department nf the Superior Court. Judge Frank IT. Dunne, that the plea of guilty should subsequently he withdrawn and the plea of not guilty substituted, and the cause dismissed against the defendant. Plea Obtained by Fraud. 'The motion also will state that the District Attorney has heretofore con sented lo the withdrawal of the pica nf guilty, and that tills plea was ob tained from the defendant by fraud, coercion, duress and false pretenses. The motion will be presented to the court on Msrcli 12. ' Ruef states that his reason for -filing the motion at this time is that he may not seem to be taking advantage of the technical victory he gained by the decision of the Appellate Court, and in order that the stigma of the plea may be removed in a manner which will leave no doubt of his Innocence. In the affidavits to be presented In con nection with the motion he states that he received nothing from the French restaurant keepers except some legal fees. The affidavit repeatedly accuses .Special Agent Burns. Assistant Dis trict Attorney Heney and District At torney Utngdon with subornation of perjury in tliejr attempts to make Ruef swear falsely In the case against Tatrick Calhoun for bribing super visor. His whole pica for the grant ing of the motion is based on the statement that the immunity contract was abrogated by the prosecutors when theyfoynd that he would tell the truth on tl'e witness stand, and when he re fused to sign false affidavits and swear falsely. In court. Aoeiii-es Wililam .1. Burns. Vmlng down to the case broucht by Wid'ani J. Tevis against R. A. Crothcrs am Fremont Older, owner and editor of Hie bulletin, respectively, for criminal li bel. Ruef slates that Special Agent Hums attempted to force him to ign af fidavits that were false and in the at tempt told him I hat Judge Dunne and Older were friends and that Older and the Bulletin had stood by him and there fore lie should- stand by the Bulletin and Its editor and proprietor and make the false affidavits. I In various vlaccs in the affidavit Ruef slates that l.angdou. Ileney and Burns repeatedly said to him that what they wanted was testimony that would con vict Patrick Calhoun and that they were willing to give him full immunity it he would give such testimony. n In the Schmlti ease, the affidavit states, the prosecution urged him to give false testimony, and attempted to get him to testify that he had a previous arrange ment In regard to what testimony he should give. After the Ford -case had been tried the affidavit asserts Honey sent word to Ruef that he could aid thorn In the prosecution and that what they wanted of him was testimony that would convict Calhoun. Attempt to HrliiK In tlarriman. In his ntTldavit Ruef sas that Burns attempted on behalf of the prosecution to secure from him statements in regard to the political matters which related to Wllllnni F. llerrin and K. H. Harriraan. of the Southern Pacific Company, to the effect that they had entered into a cor rupt bargain with him regarding money to be paid to him for and concerning the nomination of James X. Gillett as a can didate for Governor of California by the Republican slate convention at Santa Crua. in 19oS. Ruef states that the prose cutors claimed that Herrin. Harriman and Oillett had committed crimes against the laws of the state, for which they could be indicted, and that Burns stated to him that they had positive informa tion and knowledge that Herrin had paid him (UucO n large sum of money to purchase the votes of the delegates rep resenting the city and coxinty of San Frsncisco in the convention. Burns st;rted to Ruef. according to the affidavit, that the prosecution was iar ticularl anxious to incriminate llerrin. Harrinian and Gillett. and that Heney had the support of President Roosevelt in this connection and the prosecution desired the overthrow of llerrin and Harriman in California. Ruef says in Ms affidavit that be stated to Burns that he could not truthfully say anything concerning Herrin, Harriman or Gillett that would incriminate them and not a dol'.ar had been paid to him for his work at the Santa Crua convention. The affidavit says that on his informa tion and belief the grand jury which in dicted him was at all times under the complete control and domination of the prosecution. KIEF DOMINATED THE BOARD Testimony or Supervisor Regarding Bay Cities Water Scheme. SAN" FRANCISCO, March 6. When the trial of R. A. Crothers and Fremont older, accused of having libeled W. S. Tevis In connection with his project for J a water supply tor mis cuy. was resuniea before Judge Dooling today. James 1 Gallagher, chairman of the finance com mittee of "the former Board of Super visors, resumed his testimony, which in general showed tJiat Abe Ruef dominated the board and had dictated its polk'V. I". N. Beale, manager of the Bay Cities Water Company, was then called. He could not jrive the present whereabouts of W. S. Tevis. It was agreed that he should produce any relevant books of the corporation. Daniel D. Coleman, another member of the Schniitz Board of Supervisors, told of the partiality of Ruef to the "Bay Cities srjirme. and said ho had met Tevis at RiWs house. He ?aid he had inferred that thre -would be "money in it" If he favored that" project. 0fISIOGY RKFLES TO APPEAR W ill Not Give Deposit ion in Suit In stituted by Jluef. SAN' FRANCISCO. March 6. Chief of Police William J. Biggy refused today to ?pp."ar before Notary Piiblie Hartman in Henry Ach'X law office to give his depo sition in the suit instituted by Abraham Ruef to recover over $45:"' alleged to have been unjustly extracted from him by the graft prosecution for the maintenance of his Fillmore street prison home. Follow ing the advice of his counsel, the chief of police, who is .one of the six de fendants in the suit in tiuestion. ignored the subpoena which was served on him this week on Superior Judge Buck's order. E DECLARED THAT TRIAL MADE HIM BAXKRCPT. Basis of Objection by Mann or Illi nois A pa f n Taking, Cout - Cases to Washington. ORKGOXIAN NEWS BL'RfiiAC, Wash ington, March 6. An echo of the Bingcr Hermann case was heard in the Hooiee of Representatives last week, when the ex Congressman and Land Commissioner was painted in his favorite poee as a martyr. Hermann lias lone been on the martyr stunt, and he has always played it successfully. As a martyr he has won hi greatest vk-tories, which leads to the conclusion that it is well to play on the pympathies of the dear people. However, Hermann was not instrumental in hav ing his name brought before the Kouse. Tt was Injected by one of his old friends, and. as is customary with friends be moaning the fate of martyrs, the picture was a much more pathetic one than the facts jusiilied. Nevertheless, the artiet was sufficiently skillful to gain his point. The House was discussing the proposed appropriation of JtiO.000 to pay the ex penses of the Bensun-Hyde-Diniond land fraud case in the courus of this District. Representative Mann, of Illinois, objected on the ground that must of the money was to be ueed in bringing witnesses from Oregon ahd California to testify against residents of those states wlio are under Indictment here. He contended that the trial should be held on the Pacific Coast. Mann argued that the defendants would be put to enormous expense In bringing -their witnesses across the continent, a pro cedure which he declared was unjust. "It were better,"' said he, "that these men, who may be guilty, should go free than that the doctrine should b'e estab lished that the great Government of the United States should have the opportu nity to convict a man because he was too poor to brinc his witnessse to court." At this point Mr. Mann recalled the re cent trial of Blnger Hermann, which re sulted in his acquittal on the charge of destroying public record?. That trial cost Hermann J1S.0U0. which, as court records go. is a pretty high price to pay for ac quittal. However. Mr. Mann was misin formed as to the actual damage sus tained by Mr. Hermann. Kut his words speak for .themselves. He said: I know next to nothing: about these cases, and I know no thins .-vbout the defendants or their lawyers, but I have called to my mind very vividly a year or two ago what could be done ii a r-o like this. A for mer Member of ihls House, who had been CoTnmi.-liiier o! the Lsnd Office after It: had served a prptou term tn Conrress, ai indicted for thepe land fraud?. After a Ions trinl in the District here, where he wrb com pelled to i.ay the expenses of his witness acrr5J" the continent, he har R'ne back homi afO,uttt"d. bankrupt, hi property all cone, h1 million sonc. and everythinc taken away from him by the Government which he had served ; and, having been ruined financially on the trial of the ca?e here in this District, he In to be tried at home upon some case of the ame sort. His property and means were all taken away from him In obtaining an acquittal In the District here. Nobody pretended, after the evidence was in. that there was any ease aeainst Hineer Hermani in the District of Columbia, but he has gne home, ruined financially, to endeavor to defend himself at borne against new Indictments, with the whole Bower of the National Treasury against him, and be cause of his rase, so far as 1 am concerned. I never will knowingly vote to drag a man from California to be tried In the District of Columbia when the offense Is such that It could be tried In California, xvhere he lives, as well as In the District of Columbia. Perhaps the venue might He In both places. THE DAY'S DEATH RECORD Dr. O. 1. J. Hushes. NEW YORK, March 6. After an ill ness of 10 days. Dr. O. I. J. Hughes died at his home in New Rochelle, N. Y., yes terday. Dr. Hughes was born In Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic, where his father. John H. Hughes, was representing the United States as Resident Minister. Finishing his medical education in . Ger many. Dr. Htighes practiced for a time at Meriden. Conn., returning to Germany at the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War and serving . in the field medical corpse At the close of the war he en t erd the V n i ted St a te. con s u 1 a r se r vice In Mexico, China and Cuba, and was for 12 years Consul-General at Coburg. Ger many. In "WW he returned to the United States. Third Sec ret ary M x lea n Km bass y . WASHINGTON. March 6. Senor Don Kiiuardo do Keistegui, third secretary of the Mexican Kmbassy, died late last night f pneumonia, after an illness of only three days. Senor Beistcgui was only 27 years old and was appointed to his position In the Embassy six months ago. His brother. M&uet. is the Mexican Minister to Chile. Senor Beistcgui was born in Paris, where hiq parents are now visiting. Man Who ided Custer. YONKERS. N. Y., March 6. Thomas J. Callan. the man whom General Cus ter sent for reinforcements when his command was entrapped by Indians on the Little Big Horn River- in Mon tana, and who led a relief force back to the place where Custer and his men had been slaughtered, died at his home here today. Cailan left the Army lS years ago and sii:t.- that time has been engaged in business here. l ined for Illicit Liquor Sales. Kl'GEXE. Or.. March . (Special.) Tred Lemley. found guilty of selling liquor at SpringTleld. was sentenced by Judge Harris this morning, to pay a fine of $.100. Aged 116 Year. MOUNT STERLING. Ky. March 6. Joseph Fletcher, the oldoet man In Eastern Kentucky, died here, today, aged 116 years. Read Sharkey's Sunday ad. PREPARE TO OBJECT Opposition t& Belgium's New J Congo Treaty.. CONCESSIONS ARE BUGBEAR Kegflrded as IJmit to Kxerce of Sovereignty Ring Leopold' NVould Derive Immense Revenue by Privileges Thus Conferred.' BRUSSELS. March Although a rough canvass of the Chamber of Depu ties by friends of King Leopold indi cates that the body is .in- favor of the nei Congo annexation treaty by a ma jority of the members of the opposi tion, encouraged by the partial surren der of his majesty, already are preparing for a desperate fight against any re striction upon Belgium's control of the Congo and liberty to eradicate the abuses of the existing -regime. . The new treaty was submitted to Par liament yesterday by Premier Schollaeft - J Lord Tweed month, Britten Lord of tlie Admiralty, Whose Correspond ence With Emperor W illiam Caused Antl-trerman Fnrore tn Kn gland. and was sent to committee without de bate. The opposition regards the recog nition of private concessions as a limit upon the exercise of the sovereignty of Belgium and consequently as absolutely inadmissible. King Leopold, members of the opposition say. would retain an im mense indirect revenue from these pri vate concessions. The financial side of the transaction also is most unsatisfac tory to the opposition. The text of the treaty was given out at midnight tonight. DISPOSE OF POWER SITES G ATI tl KIP A D VI STOS SKId;I XG THOSE OX RESERVATIONS. Only in That Way, He Says, Can Indians Be Benefited and Resource Utilized. OREGONTAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash in gton, M a rch 6. Secretary Garfield is anxious -that Congress shall authorize the disposal of water powers and reservoir sites on Indian reservations in a way that wltl permit of the development of the country, and at the same time give the Indians a fair compensation for rights which they surrender. These re sources, under Indian control, are riot de veloped, and under existing law must lie dormant. In a report to Congress the Secretary discusses this question, saying: The constantly Increasing importance at water and water power In the arid Regions makes the few remaining reservoir aid power sites on Indian reservations of far g-reater value than they were formerly con sidered. t'nder existing law. such sites, when the Indian lands are opened to settlement and entry, ran be protected only by proceeding, under the recjanration act. Conditions as they now exist make It Impracticable for that service vo take advantage of every possibi lit y that Is a f forded, simply because It fa engaged In mo many and euch varied projects that it can not . attempt many that would be feasible were it in a posi tion to carry on the needed work. Then too, the Indiana themselves are entitled to some consideration, and the lands should not become the property of the fort una t entrymen who may obtain lands when th reservations are opened to settlement and entry. It seems likely that the progress and development of the community, as well as of ths particular project, would be delayed be cause of the inability of the owner to finance It, to ths extent necemary to a speedy development of the possibilities which he may control by reason of his fortunate entry. I believe that such sites should be dis posed of for the benefit of the Indians, thus making- possible their utmost and most speedy development, and at the same time giving the Indian a reasonable compensa tion for that which he claims. To do this Congress should authorize the reservation of the lands and their sale, either by sealed bids or by pub'ic auction, to the highest bid der on such terms aa may seem proper to impost in the discretion of the Secretary of the interior. The Secretary accompanied his rec ommendation with the draft of a pro posed bill authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to reserve for power sites all lands adjacent to falls and rapids in any stream on any Indian reserva tion, before the surplus lands of such reservation are opened to settlement, and authorizing him to dispose of such lands as outlined in his letter. The same authority is given to reserve and dispose of reservoir sites on Indian reservations, whether such reservoirs are for use in reclaiming Indian lands or lands owned by white settlers: It is provided that such reservoir sites, when reserved solely for the benefit of Indian lands, shall be held in trust until the Indian landowners can take absolute charge of their irrigation sys tem, when the reservoir site hall be conveyed to the company or corpora tion representing the landowners under that system. Suspicion of Poisoning. NEW YORK. March fi- An autopsy on the body of Walter F. Baker, a wealthy Boston man. who died October 27, 1!)7. within an hour aftr he had been taken ill in a New York restauraut. has shown arsenic in the viscera. Iuring his visits to Xew York he made his home with ! Frank Hurd. at Bogata, X. J., and died j at Hurd's hous. His will bequeathed j S2QO.0QO of his JfiOO.Ono fortune to Hurd's ( little daughter, Natalie: but she died on ; February 21-, while the relatives were ; contesting: -the will. A coroner's inquest I is to he held. - r SINGLE TAX PROPOSITION Writer Sbjs Oregon Farmers Only J Own One-Tenth Land Values. PORTLAND. March 7. (To the Editor.) In . last Sunday's Oregon ian. George W. Dixon appeals to the ne- sm papers oi Ore gon against the .proposed amendment pr-pard- by the Oregon Tax Reform .seoci ation. and declares that he Is the first one to discover the "plot" to put all the taxes on the farmer, which it would surely do. so he declares. Xow-. declarations don't go much with editors. The writer for several times has b?rn an editor, and may be on again at any time. For Mr. Dixon to declare that the proposed amendment would double the taxes of tha farmers of this state and for the association farthering the proposition to declare that It wouUl reduce them, counts for little either way. wlt.t an open mind. The question is hat class of property will bear the greater portion of the taxes taken from dwellings, household fur niture, livestock, agricultural implements, manufacturing plants, fruit trees, etc.. and who owns the greater values of that prop erty which w ill be thus saddled wit ii the extra burden? Mr. Olxon declares off-hand tnat it will be the land, and that the far mers own tlie land. Does he know what he Ls talking about? Every editor In thte state should look up for himself the following data and publish the facts: First The assessed values of the lands of Oregon and what proportion are Inside the corporate limits of c't'es and towns. Sec ond The assessed- values of the lands in his county and what proportion is used as farming lands; also what proportion are town, mineral, timber." or Idle1 land held for speculation. - Should it be found that the farmers of Oregon own half, or more, of the alue of the lands of Oreaon. then it Is certain that the farmers pb a clas vNuld have their taxes doubled if all taxes were placed on land value?. This is what AT:-. Dixon mvist first be able to prove to a reasonable prob ability, before his contentions based on t hi; assumption can be anything more than bald guess work, lie pays that the manu factures establishments of Clarkamas County own one-third of the assessed property of that subdivision of Oregon. Maybe ?o. But, in ascertaining that fact, we are not, told what proportion of the land, values of Clackamas County they own The said land would still he tayed under the proposed amendment, and we all know that manufacturing ites are valuable. th most valuable of all the lands of that coitnty. Kvpii if the value of the manufacturing establishments of Clackamas County, ex (h:ding their site values. Is one-third of the whole, so much the worse for Mr. Tlxons contentions. . The farmers of that county do not own all the remainder of the land, surely, ome of the land values of Clack amas County consist of valuable town and suburban lots. . arid some of factory sites held out o'f use by ri-eculatorn. Some of thee sites ave of creaf. value, and would actually be w orth more without any iin-r-rovemeht3 on them than the "ramshackles" now dipgraoin th-ir sui-faee. Then there are vast- tracts of timber landa beld in Clackamas County. Who owns them. Mr. Dixon; There are romc of the most fer tile tracts of land in the state in Clackamas County, held out of use. Hundreds and thousands of acres of this land. Who owns these idl eacresai Some of them by farmers, no doubt, but to what proportion and extent ? When Mr. Dixon has looked into this "plot," he may claim to be the first man in the state to discover that the proposed amendment would reduce the taxes on the farmers of Clackamas County. He wilt find if he searches honestly and with reasonable diligence that the actual farmers of Clack amas do not own one-third of the land values of that county. That would put his contention in a hole. For. If the farmers own but one-third of the class of property bearing the taxes thus increased on it. what can be more within reason than to figure that they would pay but one-third the taxes? Do they pay more or less than one third now? If they own one-third the land values of Clackamas County, they should pay one-third the public levies, be that more or less than the present payments. Mr. Dixon's statements as to the manu facturers of CItickamas owning one-third of the property is unfortunate for his conten tion?, for if so. then the farmers do not own more than two-thirds. As part of this two-thirds conrtsts of the classes of property which it is proposed to exempt, and as the average throughout the United Ktates Is that the land owned by the farmer is about eaual to the value of his stock, ma chinery and improvements. I again come to the conclusion that the land owned by the farmers of Clackamas do not exceed in value, in all probability, the one-third of the total. Wherefore. -the farmer would not have hi? taxes doubled without the sum of the taxes was increased, so that $4 were collected wh-re $3 ase now. Unless the farmers of Pregon own the greater portion of the lands of Oregon measured in dol lars, not square rcd? then to exemp manu facturing plants, dwellings, livestock, house hold furniture, fruit trees, etc.. would not and could not double their taxes. For this amendment to double the taxes of the farmer, it ls necessary for its oppo nents to prove that the farmers own most of the land and that the classes of prop erty it proposes to exempt are not owned by the farmers to any great er.tent. As an actual fact, it will be found, and the Ore gon Tax Reform Association hopes shortly to put the concrete figures before every farmer in every county in the state, that the farmers of Oregon do not own but about one-tenth or less of the land values of the state, and that even in the strictly agri cultural counties, they do not own one-third of the land valuen. The editors of Oregon, to whom Mr. Dixon appeals, can verify these approximations at their county peats and thereby speed along the good cause of the truth which shall make us free. The contention of Mr. Dixon that the public gives value to a street-car as well a& a piece of land, is honestly made: by many, but is shallow in its reasoning, because the greater the population around a parcel of land lot. acre or section the more valuable it becomes by reason of the labors, indus try, frugality and ambitions of that popu lation. The streetcar, on the contrary, does not so increase, but decreases the more and the longer it Is used, and can be depuli cated at any time for approximately th same cost. The franchise on which the streetcar runs, aud without" which it would be worthless except for other purposes, is a land value and increases the more It Is used or the more it Is desired. vH KlFoCnhoD;pFgyitapso-psns d d dd Like many who believe In justice to all, yet leap to unwarranted conclusions in con sidering economic problems. Mr. Dixon be lieves that all should be- taxed alike in pro portion to their possessions. If he can de vise any law or system of laws which will approximate such a condition, he will have becrme the greatest and wisest law-giver the world ever saw. When he has done so, he will, with vast machinery and numer ous assessors, have accomplished no more than what a simple, easily applied tax on land values would accomplish, as has been demonstrated in New Zealand. r.et us have some figures and facts, not mere asertion. as to what the effect would be on the proposed exemptions, especially a to the farmers of Clackamas County. Mr. Dixon ran ascertain those fats easily. Who owns Clackamas County? How much would Clackamas County be injured, if the manu facturing capital invested there should dou ble by reason of the proposed exemption? How much easier would ths Assessor of that county find his sworn duties, if he had nothing but land values to assess? How much easier would H be for the farm ers of that county to know whether he was doing his full duties. If hs had nothing but land values :to consider? How much less would- it cost to assess that county with nothing else but land values to - value ? What would be the effect on other land monopolists than the one Mr. Dixon men tions as having let go because of his taxes being increased. If taxe on land values were doubled, as he declares they would be. under th proposed change? Before the editor aud would-be law maker of Canby write any more aaint this amendment, had be not in Justice to. his reputation and ambitions read up and studv up a little more? A. D. CRIDGE. Car Plant Clones Down. ST. LOUTS. March 6. it was announced tonight by officers of the American Car & Factory Company that its plant in South St. Louis will be closed down March 10. throwing 1200 men out of em ployment. In normal times the plant employs 3000 men. but 17) were laid off several weeks ago. ......... . There are $4.V Ano.v rn German sv-. in its banka and $1, 000,000,000 in British sav-t Inns kkA-ZLk &. FLOODS Hi STORM Michigan Experiences Very Bad Weather Conditions. TRACK IS WASHED AWAY Electric IJgnt Plants Out or Com mission and 4nd Readies llipli Velocity. Vnroofinar .Buildings. General in Middle AYest. DETROIT. Mirli.. March fi. Flood conditions are reported tonight from many points in Michigan. The Kala mazoo. Lake Shore & Chicago Railroad tonigi't announced the abandonment of ail trains until Monday, and other roads, and intorurban electric lines especially, are greatly hindered. Near Krie, on the Lake Shore A Michigan Southern Railroad, 1000 feet of track was undermined and washed away. Brooklyn. Mich., is in darkness tonight, the electric light plant there being flooded. At Ionia the wind unroofed a -factory John Mt'ourf. f Fcndleton. R.om mended for I'nlted Statr District . Attorney. huiUlinp 0. feet long, and at Bay City r wind velocity of 40 .miles an hour was reported. - WIND SWOOPS OX CHICAGO Blows . Down Chimneys and liaises Ilavlc Down Town. CHICAGO. March 6. The highest JIarch wind which had struck Chicago In 20 years commenced early today from the southwest and wrought much havoc in the downtown district. The gale, whk-h at times reached a velocity of 5r miles an hour, blew down chimneys and smashed in several store fronts in the business section, tn the suburb of Gage. Park, which is flooded with water, the result of the rapid thaw of the last few days, the wind drove the water into waves which rolled into the first floors of residences,, driving the tenants to second stories. The heavy iron smokestack of the Grand Pacific I-!oto1 was blown over, the heavy plates crashing down into an alley between that building;' and the Illi nois Trust & Savings' Bank. One. man was seriously injured. ' Maumcc Hasr'ng Torrent. TOL.KDO. O.. March 6. The Maumee River has become a raging torrent. This afternoon the ice caught a steel boat and jammed it intp .tlie bridge connecting the two sections of the city, moving the bridge out of position arid stepping all traffic. Streets and cellars in streets near the river are flooded and the water continues to rise. a - A span went out of the bridge across the Maumee as a result of the jam. The men on the big steel boat were saved after a heroic struggle. Springfield Again Damaged. SPRINGFIELD, O.. March 6. For the third time in as many weeks walla were washed out and great damage has been done to the Big Four Railway yards by the washing out of tracks. A number of factories were unable to open because of the flooded conditions and damage to plants. Wabash Out of Hounds. PERU, .Ind-, March 6. One thousand men have been rendered idle and 75 homes have been damaged by the high waters of the Wabash River, which is out of its banks. This river is rising one inch an hour, and it is expected that South Peru will be submerged before night. I Snow in Wisconsin. NEW RICHMOND, Wis., March S. The worst snowstorm of the season is raging here. DECLARES SHE WILL SPEAK Km ma Goldman Having Difficulty, . ' Tiiongli, in Securing Hail. CHICAGO, March 6. The Tribune today says: Emma Goldman, the so-called priestess of .narchy, spent yesterday in Chicago keeping clear of the police and resting with friends at 970 North Winchester ave nue. She has been here since late Wed nesday night. Miss Goldman was in good humor when she was discovered by a re porter. The police had not seen her, but Assistant Chief Schuettler had said he was not seeking her. "Of course, I did not expect to be found." she said. "I am too- well ac quainted with .police stupidity to expect such a thing as that. I expect to go out tomorrow and go about my business, as usual, and if the' police want me, of course, they will arrest me. But I can't see what charge they can make against me." "How about the report that you are li able to be deported by the Government under the law forbidding' the admission of foreign anarchists to this country? "There's nothing to it. It was talked of when I returned from Europe last Fail, but the Government - authorities could find no law for it." : "Are you a naturalized American citi zen ?" "I am an American citizen. My father was naturalized wlien I was 17 years old. That made me an American when I be came of ape." Miss Goldnian said she would go right .H J M, , J 1 on with her plans for meetings, and 1 u.m,1.4 .Item unices stnnnl hu the 1 police. However, she found her way blocked last night by inability to secure a hall. The owners of all public halls in the city have been notified that the license will be revoked in the case of any one who allows Miss Goldman to j speak. vt Meeting to Be Stopped. CHICAGO. March . Assistant Chief of Police 3chu-ttler asserted today that he is now watching Kmina Goldman, the anarchist who is pcheduled to deliver several -addresses in this city. She can speak, the Assistant Chief declared, a'l that she wishes in private. In relation, however, to a report that she intended to make an address in Metropolotan Hall, he said: "If she talks there, we will clean out the hall. A permit was granted for the meeting on the explicit understanding that Emma Goldman was not to make an address. If the owners of the hell violate their agreement, we will stop the thing entirely." Closer Scrutiny of Immigrants. PHILADELPHIA, March 6. lu ac cordance with the recent order issued by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor, with regard to a closer scrutiny of aliens arriving in this country, the 330 foreigners who landed here today from the British steamer Merion, were subjected lo the elosest possible inspection. Fifty steer age paasengers were detained pending further investigation. Nine passengers who could not pass the physical examina tion will be deported. WINEGROWERS FIGHT BILL Argument Against Llttleficld Bill Before Committee on Judiciary. WASHINGTON". March 6. Arguments were continued today, before the Mouse committee on judiciary ascainpt the Ijittlefield bill, providing that liquors shipped in interstate transit shall be subject to police powers of a state. A delegation from the California Wine Growers' Association was present, as was also a delegation Tronic the W. C T. U. The argument was made by Andrea - Sharbaro, of San Francisco, president of the California jwiss Colony, who represented the California Wine Growers, and L. J. Vance, of "Sw York, secretary of the American Wine -Growers' Association.. Both opposed the bill. OPKV AMI-DRY CAMPAIGN Krewers Plan Country-Wide Fight on Prohibition. CHICAGO, March 6. A campaign of publicity to counteract the effect of the present prohibition wave was decided upon by the board of trustees of the United States Brewers' Association at a The meeting was attended by Colonel Gustave Pabst. of Milwaukee. Edward A. Faust, of St. Louis. William Hann, of St. Paul, and other leading brewers from all parts of the country. The object of the gathering was to extend the work of the organization committee, gping'on' all over the country tinder the auspices- of the as sociation. Many of the brewers'had Juet returned from a big brewers'- meeting in' New Or leans and reports " were received from many Southern communities to the effect that prohibition in towns that have gone ''dry' in those states has been a failure. The board decided to investigate condi tions all over the country with reference to the liquor business, both in "open" and in "dry" communities, and "to publish the results for the benefit of the country. Lit erature on the economic aspects of the business and other phases of the traffic will be prepared by the organization com mittee and distributed in every city and community in the Nation. Prohibition Agitation in Louisiana. 1 XBW ORLEANS, March 6. A campaign to bring about prohibition in Louisiana, when the Legislature, meets, next May, will be made by the Louisiana Anti-Saloon league, it was announced todayT The league expects the backing of the forces which have carried three other Southern States for prohibition within a year. 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